Getting up early and going for a stroll along the ocean beach, and then having breakfast in Tedder Avenue! Priceless!

If you enjoy beach walks, you can walk along the beach either north along The Spit, or south towards Surfers Paradise. If you don't enjoy the sand there is also the Oceanway path just beside the beach.

Main Beach is also partly home to the Gold Coast 600 Motorsport event (formerly known as the Gold Coast Indy) which is held each year in October with the track just touching on the southern end of this suburb. It is also conveniently located for the evening entertainment which is based around the Broadwater Parklands in Southport.

Attractions

Southport
Surf Lifesaving Club – visitors can enjoy
breakfast on the balcony, music and entertainment on certain nights and
poker machines if they want! It has the most outstanding
views and the food is great and very inexpensive.

Southport
Yacht Club and Marina – A great place to rub
shoulders with the local yachties! They do breakfasts on the
weekends and have rooms for functions that have great outlooks across
the marina. They often have functions on that are open to the
public which are well priced and fun.

shopping and tours.

Marina Mirage – Great shopping, restaurants and gateway
to Gold Coast water activities.

Many cruises,
fishing trips and other water based activities depart from Marina
Mirage. There are some great boutique shops including Charlie
Brown - a must for the fashion concious ladies!

Food court
ranges from McDonald's right up to fine dining at Omeros Bros, probably
the best seafood restaurant on the coast and some other outstanding
restaurants.

Palazzo
Versace - an elegant hotel with excellent fine dining in Vanitas
Restaurant, a beautiful beach lagoon style pool and a
spacious lobby where you can enjoy a sumptuous high tea overlooking the
pool.

Sea
World - Theme park with animal
adventures and
encounters, fun rides for all the family and water park areas.
A great day out, but if you want to try some of the special
activities such as dives or dolphin encounters, it is well worth
booking ahead so you won't be disappointed.

Beach
Walking - you can walk along the great expanse of beach
all the way to Burleigh if you really wanted to... or north to the Gold
Coast seaway.

Golden
Door Spa at Sheraton Mirage - relax and enjoy
some pampering, also has swimming pool, tennis courts and gym.

Macintosh
Island Park – a favourite of my kids - a great
place to explore! Good playgrounds, bigfoot's grotto and great tracks
for bicycle riding or scootering. BBQ facilities and picnic
tables also make this a great place to spend an afternoon.
Sadly there are no kiosks or cafe's really close by,
so make sure you are prepared for a visit!

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Accommodation

One of the advantages Main Beach
has over Southport is that
most of the
apartment accommodation is within walking distance of both a beach and
the great restaurants and cafes either in Tedder Avenue or Marina Mirage.

There are some great accommodation options, ranging from the cabins in the Main Beach Tourist Park through all types of apartments to the six star Palazzo Versace. You can even find some accommodation right on the beachfront.

Main
Beach Hotels and Resorts

Note - the following hotels and
resorts are located on Seaworld Drive and will require
transport
to Tedder Ave, although Palazzo Versace and Sheraton Mirage are within
walking distance of Marina Mirage.

Palazzo Versace

Palazzo
Versace Hotel overlooking the Marina

Palazzo
Versace
is the only 6 star hotel in the Gold Coast. It is pure elegance created by
the passion of Donatella Versace.
If you cannot stay here, go look - it is beautiful Italian
style
at its best.

Sheraton Mirage Resort and Spa

Sheraton Mirage Resort and Spa
is a 5 star luxury resort right on the beach and away from the main hubbub of Surfers Paradise and even Main Beach itself.

This is a large resort with full
facilities, fantastic pools, grand entertaining rooms which is popular for conferences, meetings or family
holidays.
Hotels rooms, suites and private villas available.
Sheraton Mirage does a traditional high tea, and has a rather famous Seafood buffet. Don't forget to take a walk around the
beautiful gardens and pools.

Sea World Resort Gold Coast

This is the perfect place to stay if you have kids and
want to do the theme parks, especially Sea World.

There are perks for staying here too, plus a great water play area for the kids with a cafe that looks out so parents can keep dry but watch their kids!

405
international standard
rooms in three 3 storey accomodation wings. Rooms cater for
couples through to family groups of up to 8. Some have
kitchenette
facilities.

The grounds are beautifully tropical and include heated lagoon pool
with waterfall, private beach and amazing kids water playground.

Kids Club caters for 4½ to 12 year olds has X Boxes with latest games, children's movies and activities. The kids club offers parents the opportunity for a little time out from the kids including dinner sessions, but it is not a FULL kids club.

Resort facilities are pretty much what you would expect from a familly
oriented resort.

You can dine in with room service or try Japenese food (Teppanyaki,
Sushi Bar and a la carte), fine dining, poolside food or relax with a
drink and snack in the Lobby lounge.

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Beach Information

Main Beach has two beach frontages, one to the Broadwater and
the other to ocean surf beach.

There are several Surf Life Saving Patrol areas which are easy to spot with the red and yellow flags on the beach.

The main beaches in the area are generally patrolled every day of the year. From 1 December to 31 January (the peak summer period) from 7.30am to 6.30pm and from 1 February through to 30 November from 8.00am to 5.00pm. That is of course,
unless they are closed due to weather or marine conditions.

Southport SLSC has a major Nippers program, so if you head down to the beach, particuarly on Sunday mornings you are likely to see swathes of kids in Nippers outfits testing their beach and surf skills.

Oceanway Walk up to the
Gold Coast Seaway at the end of the Spit

Make sure you are aware of the beach and surf conditions and only swim
between the flags - I cannot stress this enough!

Going through this area is The Gold Coast Oceanway.

It is a 36km long track that enables walkers, runners and cyclists to travel all the way from Gold Coast Seaway on The Spit down to Point Danger Lighthouse at Coolangatta.

Along the way there are markers with local information and interesting facts or history.

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Travel Times

Approximate travel times by motor
vehicle - please note travel times can be affected by many factors
including traffic hazards and roadworks. These are just an indication.

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Directions for
Car Travel

For directions and other information I recommend you use Google
Maps Australia. On this website there are several google maps including a map of Surfers which you can click on to get directions which will also give you an idea of travel times for driving.

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